The Russian-occupied Zaporizhia nuclear plant’s external electrical supply was interrupted early on Saturday as a result of the bombing, according to the Ukrainian state nuclear energy company Energotom.
Additionally, according to “Energotom,” the station now uses diesel-powered generators to meet its electricity needs.
The business posted the following on the Telegram app: “Diesel generators began operating automatically. The amount of diesel fuel on hand allows for ten days of operation in this mode.
The nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia
In the southeast of Ukraine, the station is situated on the outskirts of the city of Enerhodar.
Construction on the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant started in 1980, but the design dates back to the days of the old Soviet Union. There are six VVER-1000 V-320 “hydro-capacity” reactors at the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant.
The neutrons in the reactors and the water that cools them both work with uranium 235, whose half-life is thought to be more than 700 million years.
In 1995, the grid was connected to its sixth reactor.
It is among the top ten largest power plants in the world and the largest in Europe.
A total of 5. 7 gigawatts of electricity, or each of the six Zaporizhia units’ net capacity of 950 megawatts, or 20 percent of Ukraine’s total electrical consumption, is available.
The value of the nuclear power plant
According to economic researcher George Adamund, the nuclear reactor has lately undergone modernisation, switching from Soviet to Western technologies for current safety technologies.
The West reports: Previously, the nuclear reactor used Russian nuclear fuel, but things have changed over the years, and it currently uses American-designed fuel made by the Westinghouse Company.
News on Sky.
The Zaporizhia nuclear reactor will no longer have electricity in ten days.
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